Ho “wit 102656Contents Drawing Tips . Insects, A to Z ‘Our planet harbors about « million (veho’s counting?) species Of insects, Rather than 20,000 insects on each page—or even 20—'ve drawn insects | find interesting, fun, or representative, each with its own page. Hope you like my choices. Insect Relatives . . Not all creepy-crawlies ore insects, (For exemple, your neighbor's yappy little foo-foo dog, or your younger brother, ‘are not insects: they may art like insects at times, but that doesn’t make them insects.) Here you'll ind a few favorite reepy-crawlies, and see why they're not insects, either. cs oe cree eee coe SD Dndex .......eseeereeee And now, a brief and learned discourse on insects: The world of insects includes amazing diversity—and insects are everywhere, from frozen snow fields to inside other animals’ bodies. Some feed on plants, some suck blood from mammals, and plenty of them eat other insects, spiders, and other creepy-crawlies. So what is an insect? Insects are those critters belonging to the class Insecta, in the phylum ‘Arthropoda (arthropods), They live in all habitats. Arthropods have hard exoskeletons and jointed limbs-lobsters and crabs are arthropods, but they're not insects. Insects have + six legs + bo antennae * three body parts * wings? Four, or two, or none at all. _ So think 6 legs, And look for the other stuff as well. OK, class dismissed! You may now draw... PS. The darkened images on each page show —~ you the actual size of what you're drawing.Ant oe Order Hymenoptera Famiy Formicidae I you want to study insects, none ore easier to fir than ants! thet societies ‘generally const of wingless workers and \ninged repredacers. They five in underground nests or in decd wood. Most can ‘ite’ people if dstued. Most ‘ams scavenge, but some harvest seed, Cult leaves and form Fungus undergroura, or herd aphids to feed on ther honeyder, STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? + six legs? + two antennae? wings? = eves? 1. Draw the oval shape of the head, the peanut shape of the thorax, and the pointy oval shape of the abdomen. 2, Add the rear leg. How many sections do you see? 3. Draw the middle leg, and the front leg. Notice how the sections of the middle leg overiap to create depth 4. Add antennae, eye, and mouth. Add the small visible bits of the other legs. 5. Add shading and texture. Draw a little tidbit and a cast shadow beneath the ant. Clean up any smudges with your eraser. Great ant! To make your drawing more realistic, draw about a zillion of them, crawling all over the place.. 4 — Draw Insects ood ‘antennae ‘mouthAphid * Order Homoptera Family Aphididse Ask ony gardener about aphids! These Inte plant-suckers appear in large number on leaves ond stams of plonts, leaving them wited and cured. They aa also spread plant cseases. Aphis give bith to youre during spring ans sumener, ar lay eggs to last through the ‘winter Ants help the process by gathering tne eggs, string them ding he winter, then trenspering the ophics rom one food plant to enother during the spring. Why? Because apis abo secreve something cated honeydew, Inhich the ents eat STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * aistinct body paris? « six legs? * two antennae? wings? eyes? 1. Draw the body, almost pear- shaped, 2. Add the distinctive cornicles at the rear end of the aphid. 3. Draw the rear leg,... 4, wathe middle leg,... 5. ...and the front leg. 6. Add the antennae and eye. ‘h your drawing by shading and going over fine lines with a sharp pencil. ‘Add a little plant stem and shadows. Now add a little flap in the back and more baby aphids popping out, eager to devour ‘your house plants. ... Drawinsects 5Assassin Bug OPK (cdr Hemiptera (rue bugs) Family Reduvidae — “Assassin bugs have very strong front legs. whlch they ase (0 grob and hold prey. They attack their veri with ther short, ‘harp beaks ond suck the body fuids out of tiem STUDY the final drawing before you start! d Do you see i tree body pans? on «six legs? ‘* two antennae? ‘swings? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Lightly draw the center line, and the six-sided thorax. ‘Add the head. 2, Draw the wings. 3. Add the antennae, and the pointy shape of the abdomen, 4. Draw the first section of each leg. Which legs are the thickest and most powerful? 5. Carefully complete the legs. Draw veins in the wings, ‘Add shading, texture, and details. Ideal Draw another insect being attacked by the assassin bug... 6 Draw InsectsBack Swimmer ‘Order Herniptera (true bugs) Family Notcnectidae Back swimmers use thelr gs to pale ‘on the surface of woter. They alsa dive, ‘and can stay under wreter up to sie ‘rows. They catch todpoke, small oquetic insects, ond asec thot get caught fa the water. Swimming on thelr backs, they hove protective coloring simiar to many. fish dark on the top side end lighten the bottom, STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * Unee body parts? * six legs? * two antennae? * wings? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Lightly draw the centre line, then eyes and proboscis, and, the rounded sides of the body. 2. Draw the first section of each leg. 3, Add remaining, feather-like sections to the back legs. 4. Draw remaining sections to front leas, and give your back swimmer a little snack to munch on, 5. Add shading, and a few little ripples to suggest, water. Floating in your poo, ‘munching on a snack... what a life! Bon appetit! Draw Insects 7Bed Bug & ‘Order Hemiptera (rue bugs) Family Cimicidae ‘These lat, reddish-brown pests con really ‘ina gocd night's sleep! They run surpesingly fst, hunt fr sleeping ‘animals and bids at right when they ‘cant find you. If they dont find ‘anything, well, that’s OK: adults have been know to fire Fro year without food. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? * six legs? ‘two antennae? wings? eves? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1, Draw the acorn-shaped abdomen. 2. Add the thorax and head, with beady little eyes looking for the best place to attack you in your sleep. Add antennae. 3. Draw the first segment of all sik legs. 4, Add the remaining segments to each leg. S. Add shading, texture, and stubbly little hairs, and a cast shadow. Sleep tight! Don't let the bedbugs bite! 8 Draw InsectsBlack Fly 4 Order Diptera Family Simulidee Black Meslay ther eggs in sreams and rivers. The lane pupate in cocoans attached to rocks in the water. The adits burst out, se on @ bubble ofa, and go fort to dive people cxazy with thet bites hte spring or early summer. Some speces trons o type of materia that his ducks, geese, swons and turkeys STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? + sie legs? * two antennae? wings (how many)? = eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1. Start by drawing the slightly tilted wing. Look carefully at ‘the example and draw the outline, almost straight on cone side and more curved on the other. Add veins. 2. Draw the curved top of the thorax, head, eye and smaller details on the head. 3. Add two legs. 4. Draw the rear leg. Now add the segmented abdomen. Next, draw the legs on the far side of the fly. 5. Add shading and a bit of cast shadow. Shade the body and eye, leaving light areas to show the round forms. Lightly draw the outline of the other wing, and add shading and a cast shadow. Orawlnsects 9Bumble Bee é Order Hymenoptera Family Apidae ‘umbieboes usualy ive in cooler areas here tei hick ha protects ther trom the cold. Usually they ld nests underground Their very ong probescises can recch nto the deepest fewes, and some depend almost completely on ‘buriblebees for feriiztion. When the “english brought cove to New Zecland, for example it didn’t grow well unt they ‘imported bumblebees. The Enghsh bioogist Charles Darwin made the suggestion thorax | | | STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? + sir legs? + two antennae? * wings (how many)? seyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? + hard? soft? 1. Draw the circle of the thorax, leaving white spaces on either side where the wings attach. Add the flattened oval of the abdomen, with lines showing segments. 2. Add head, eyes, and antennae. 3. Carefully outline one fore wing and hind wing, 4. Repeat on the other side, and add veins to the wings. 5. Now draw the six legs. 6. Add shading, shadow, and texture. Notice which parts of the body are darker, and which are lighter. 10 Draw InsectsButterfly Order Lepidoptera Family Papitonidae Swallowtoil butters are easly recognized by te lang telson the ind wings. Ther wings have patterns of block yellow, or white, and con have bw or red spots. Papiton, a word taken thom this family of buteries, means utterly in French, (The Geran word, tn the other hand, fs Schmettering. Go figure) STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see '* three body parts? six legs? * two antennae? + wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? Draw the thorax, head and proboscis. Add the front leg... middle leg... .and hind leg 5. Draw the two antennae, . Add the eye. 7. Carefully outline the hind wing and its veins. Add lines for abdominal segments. . Draw the fore wing. Add the small visible portion of the fore wing and hind wing on the far side of the insect. ‘Add shading. Go over fi with a sharpened pencil. Draw Insects 11Caterpillar “S5eGRapR (Order Lepidoptera Cotes ore young burtertes or moths. They may have horns, spines, ond ‘estes: they show distinct cobrs anc potters. Al caterpllars have three poirs Of egs inthe thorax, and up 0 five pas ‘of abdominal “prolegs.” STUDY the final drawin before you start! Do you see * three body parts? + six legs? + two antennae? wings? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? \ = hard? soit? 1, Draw two tall, rounded rectangles with tiny projections for legs. 2. Add a triangle shape and another leg, and small bump with a dot for the head. Draw a little horn on top. 3. Draw two more rounded “ rectangles of the abdomen. 4. Add another, with a littie 2 bump for a proleg... 5, ..and another... 6, ..and two more... 5 7. ...then three plain segments and a last segment with another proleg. 6. Now add pattern and oiea shading, leaving a light area fon each segment to make the caterpillar look shiny. And give it a little 1g to munch on! 12 Draw InsectsCave Cricket Order Orhoptera Family Gryllacrididae Mest crickets his fly hove 20 sung They Ive in caves ond basements, ‘rin dark ples under og, rocks, oF bark Sore pes moe aro sod but mott—unke fel ket make no ‘sound otal. Ther long encenrae alg Distes wa them of approaching predators, sch a spiders or cenpedes STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? * six legs? * two antennae? ‘swings? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1, Start with two bending legs forming an M shape. 2. Draw the powerful rear jumping leg behind. 3. Add additional segments to each leg, and the pattern con the largest leg. 4. Now draw the body behind the legs. Look carefully, and draw one part at a time, Because you drew the legs first, it’s easy to show them overlapping the body, adding depth to your drawing. 5. Add shading, very long antennae, the other rear leg (Ghaded solid gray), and a slight cast shadow. Pretty coo! looking critter! Drawinsects 13Cicada 1dr Homoptera Family Cicadidae Cicedas ive in wees ond make lout. pulsating buzzing sounds. They ay coos fn twigs, which usualy die and fal 9 the ‘round, The nyrwph ccodas then feast on roots before crawling up a tre, Certain eadas repeat this cycle anly once every Wor 7 years. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? * two antennae? + wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1. Draw a rounded triangle with a little circle on the bottom and one side. 2. Add the peanut shape of the body on the other side of the triangle. 3. Outline the fore wings. Notice how one points down on the page, while the other points up at an angle. 4, Add the hind wings. 5. Carefully outline the veins in cone wing. Take your time! Look carefully! 6. Complete your drawing by carefully adding veins to the other wings. Draw legs and segments of the body. Then add shading, and go over any fuzzy lines with a sharp pencil to make them look cleaner. 14 Draw InsectsCockroach Order Blatoden Family Blatidae Cockroaches do not transmit human seas, but. Lunpleasont smell They are active and ast runners at aight: curing tne dey they hide in crocks. They clmost never th, {ough they are among the oles? winged insects (350 milion yeors). Some ‘have become almost immure to ‘pesticides ater mamerous attempts to fexadicae them. And dan’ bother trying to stave them to death: some fave Ive for months om tle more than dust! STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? * six legs? ‘stwo antennae? + wings (how mony)? eyes? Does the insect look © shiny? smooth? fuzzy? + hard? sot? 1. Draw a small flat oval for the head and a half-circle for the pronotum. 2. Add the long shape of the wings. 3. Draw details on the head, and add the visible bits of front legs. 4, Carefully add the remai ‘two pairs of legs. . Add antennae, bristly hairs ‘on the legs, and shading. 9 For added realism, make your cockroach nibbling on a chocolate chip cookie! Draw insects 15Cow Killer ria ‘Order Hymenoptera Fly Mutilidae (Velvet ants) 1 had no ideo this insect existed unt 4 spotted one fn the back yard while ‘working on this book. It moved so fost! Couldn't tel how many legs it Nad, and buzzed as i raced aroun. 'm gl | cn’ try to pk up: the sting from (his ‘wingless wasp fs painful that some people soy it could ki a cow! Cow kes fnvade bumblebee nests ond hy thet eggs in thom, They ae bright red ard black. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? + six legs? ‘two antennae? + wings? = eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Start with the oval shaped head, eye, and segmented antennae. 2. Draw two more oval shapes for the thorax and abdomen. 3. Addl fuzzy hair covering the ‘whole body. If you have colored pencils, make the light areas bright red, and the dark areas black. 4, Draw a long, bristly leg.. . ...and another... 6. ..and another. 7. Finish your drawing by adding the other three legs, and some grains of sand or small pebbles, and a cast shadow beneath the body. 16 Draw InsectsCrane Fly: Order Diptera Family Tipulidae ‘These Mes sears to dance in midlz. Larva feed on rotting vegetation ond fungus, ‘but adults don’ eat ot all They ive in ‘humid areas, often near kes or streams, ‘and lay slender eggs in most it. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? « six legs? ‘two antennae? ‘swings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘* hard? soft? Draw the long, slender aicdomen with lines dividing it into segments, Add the bulbous thorax, small pointy head and eyes. . Draw the two tong wings, wing veins, and the tiny antennae. . Add the two very long rear legs. Draw the middle legs, looking carefully at how they bend. ‘Add the front legs. Go over lines to darken them. Clean up any smudges with your eraser. Draw Insects 17Deer Fly Cre Diptera Fail Tebonidae This pst ose ajetciplane when it sands efter cling bev is prey ~ ond it fees ike one too wher ites! As vith tose fes and roses, ony Female deer ested on bso: the males dik part juices The leva feed on sna Sut secs, Some dee es transmit exter thot cance toe in fabbis ord hres .ond occasionally people STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? * six legs? ‘two antennae? ‘swings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? sof? 1. Starting with the head and two eyes, then add rounded rectangles of the thorax and abdomen. 2. Draw the wings, extending beyond the abdomen. 3, Add six legs, and antennae. 4, Look closely! Draw the markings on the back and the veins an the wings. Add markings on thorax and abdomen, and shade the eyes, leaving highlights. 5, Add shading to head, thorax, and abdomen, Shade the wings to make them look translucent: you ‘can see shapes through them, but they’re not completely clear. 18 Draw InsectsDigger Wasp Order Hymenoptera Family Seatac (Scolld Wasps) ‘Green lune beetles have @.good reason not t ike digger wasps: the wasps dig (possi several fee into the ground to find a Beate fava. Then she Stings it, igs ttle chamber around i fand lays on egg an ts back. When the og hatches, the wasp far eats the beetle fa. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see ® three body parts? six legs? + two antennae? ‘« wings (how many)? woyes? 1. Draw the long, tilted ‘abdomen and rounder thorax, connected by the narrow pedicel (waist) 2. Add the head and neck, large eye with a highlight to ‘make it look shiny. Draw mouth parts. Add antennae. 3. Carefully draw the legs, counting the sections of each. Notice how the middle leg overlaps the rear leg in fight. 4. Draw the wings (in this view, we see only the closer two). Make light guide lines to show the segments of the abdomen. 5. Add shading and texture. Test question! Why does a digger wasp aig? Draw Insects 19Dragonfly Order Odonata Suborder Anisoptera Draganily nymphs ve in ponds and streams, s0 yu often see act agonfes around werer, though they fan renge several mies. Often brightly colored, dragontles fy wel and ctten, catching mosquitoes and midges in fight. Tey‘ fost! No wonder tney have such big ees! STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «# six legs? * two antennae? + wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look = * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? + hord? soft? 1. Start with two small circles for the head and thorax, and draw the long rectangle of the abdomen. 2. Draw one hind wing. 3. Add the fore wing. 4. Draw wings on the other side as wel. 5. Add details on head, front legs, veins in wings, and lines on the abdomen. 6. Complete your drawing by adding more shading and about a zillion cells on each wing. Look closely at the example, and take your time drawing them! Dazzling dragonfly! 20 Draw InsectsEarwig ‘Order Dermaptera Family Fortculidae Their strange name comes from an old supersiion that these insects got nto people's ears (ey don’. don't think). They fe and ly thet eggs in plant debris, scavenging oF feeding on pants at hight, They use thei pinceike cert in delense, and can pinch poituly. They fo sq afoulsmeling quid i handed. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? ‘two antennae? ‘* wings (how many)? ocyes? Does the insect look «shiny? smooth? fuzay? ‘hard? soft? 1, Start by drawing the head and thorax, 2. Add the long abdomen with curving lines... 3. ..and add the nasty-looking ‘enc at the end, 4. Draw the rear legs... 5. wathe middle legs... 6, ...and then the front legs and segmented antennae. 7. Add shading, leaving light areas on the back to make the form look round. 1 can understand the “eo” part, but where do you suppose the “wig” comes from? Draw Insects 21Firefly (Lighting Bug) == Order Coleoptera Family Lampyriac During spring and early summer, these beets use ther lurious abdorial sections (0 attract other felts fr ‘mating. Atnough other insects can glow, frees are unique mn boing able to Hash, ‘nd the shythms ore distinct for each species. Active at night, they Ive under bark or n mess places under det ss STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «. ‘six legs? * two antennae? + wings (how many)? oeyes? Does the insect look + shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘shard? soft? —~ 1. Start by drawing the pronotum and eiytron (one of two hard fore wings). 2. Draw the triangular head (almost completely covered by the promotum) and the front leg. 3, Add the middle leg... 4, ...and the rear leg. / Flash! 5. Draw the body, and shade i is feat ‘most of it dark. Leave the end of the abdomen light: this is the part that flashes. Make the eye dark, leaving a litte reflective white spot. 6. Draw antennae, and the other three legs. 7. Carefully shade your drawing, leaving a light area at the top of the shiny protective shell. Draw branch for it to sit on, 22 Draw InsectsFlea - Order Siphonapters Family Puicidae bas are annoyiog parasites that Ive off the biood of thei hos; they lay eggs 0 theic hos or ia its pest. Heas help pets get tapeworm and con spread disease Such 0s bubonic plague. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see ‘three body parts? «six legs? ‘* two antennae? + wings? eye? 1. Draw the head and first thorax segment. 2. Draw the front leg, attached to the first thorax segment. Count the sections of the leg, and look carefully at which direction each goes. 3. Draw the second thorax segment and middle leg, behind the front leg. 4. Draw the third thorax segment and powerful rear leg, behind the middle leg. 5. Add the top part of the abdomen... 6. ...and the bottom. 7. Add eye, antenna, palps, three more legs, and shading. Don't forget the breathing spiracles! Draw Insects 23Giant Beetle ‘Order Coleoptera Family Scarabaeidae Woy do you suppose this is caied the Giant Beetle? Put you hand over i 0 get fan ide few big itis. Despite ts Scary ooking hors, this Beetle woulde? hurt you. fet, Fe might ee kind of cool Vralking across your hand and up your STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see «three body parts? six legs? ‘two antennae? ‘wings (how many)? o yes? Does the insect look « shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘shard? soft? 11. Draw the front beetie wings (elytra) and thorox. 2. Add the head and ferocious- looking horns. 3. Draw the front legs. 4, Add the middle and hind legs. 5, Add the club-like antennae on either side of the center hom. Shade the beetle, leaving very light areas to make it look shiny. Go over lines with a sharp pencil. Use a dull pencil to add shading and a cast shadove Awesome! eptron: phrol elytra 24 Draw InsectsGiraffe Beetle Order Coleopters Family Cureuionidae (snout beetles and wees) This tie monster belongs 10 a group of hard-sheted beetles thot chew holes in Tots, ns, ond other pars of plonts. (One member, the bol wee, 1s well Ienown for destroying cotton crops in the southern U S. after accitentol Introtuction irom Mexico, STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see ® three body parts? «six legs? ‘two antennae? wings? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘= hard? soft? 1. Draw the fattened oval shape of the elytra (protective fore wings). 2, Draw the visible triangle of the thorax. Look carefully, then add the front leg,.. 3. waothe rear leg,... 4, ...and the middle leg. Add lines to show the segments of the thorax. 5. Add visible parts of other legs, and the first section of the neck. 6. Now draw the rest of the neck and head. 7. Add shading, texture, and 2 cast shadow to complete your drawing. “why is the neck on this beetle so long?” you ask. Good question! Draw Insects 25Horse Fly Order Diptera Femily Tabanidae ‘As wit mosquitoes and dee ies, ony fore horse tes feed on blood, wile tie males eat pollen ond nectar irom owes, Quiter than house fies, horse Mes sneck up and give a nasty bite that ‘ontinves to bleed because of a7 ‘eiicoagulant in the H's salva. A horse fo cnr can actual suffer serous blood [oss ita number of horse es attock it STUDY the final dra before you start! Do you see * three body parts? + six legs? ‘= wo antennae? + wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look « shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Start with a light guide fine for the center of " the fly. Add ‘abdomen, thorax, — —~— and those big green eyes. 2. Draw the wings. 3, Add the six legs and two antennae. 4A, Draw lines for abdominal segments and veins in wings. Add shading and texture. Add enough shading on the wings to make them appear translucent - in other words, you can see the legs through them, but not real clearly. 26 Draw InsectsIchneumon Fly Order Hymenoptera Family Ichneumonidae Iehmeurons (sometimes caled dieuaniies) are large fal of parasitic wasps. This anzumon loys ts 69g an the back of an active cterpilor ‘The fara wil burrow into the host, ‘eventual ling I. Probably wont i the host unt the caterpilar has made & (cocoon: then the iehneumon Jorva wil Irave a cozy litle home in which to jpupate asf feeds onthe remains of is host. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? ‘* two antennae? wings (how many)? = eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? Draw ovals for the thorax and heod. Add the shiny eye, and long, gracefully curving antennae. . Carefully draw the curving tail, one segment at a time. ‘Add the wings, one showing the curved shape, and the other just a sliver. . Draw the legs. Look closely at how they bend before drawing, ‘Add the victim caterpillar. Draw the other three legs. ‘Add veins in the wings, and complete your drawing with shading. Leave some areas white to make the Draw Insects 27awe Japanese Beetle Order Coleoptera Family Seaibaeidze (scarab beetles) ‘The Japanese Beetle hos been « foriior ‘and despread pest in the U.S. since ts ‘accidental intzaduction around 1916, ts body and legs ore bright metalic green: the elytra (ing coverings) are brown or reddish orange. Larvae feed underground 'on roots adits eat fotage, leaves, and nits of more thon 200 kinds of plants. Carel use of parasitic wesps fas reduced its numbers in some reas, STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? + six legs? ‘+ two antennae? wings (how many)? = eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? + hard? soft? Start by drawing the elytra (hard fore wings) and seutellum. 2. Add the pronotum, head, and eyes. 3. Carefully draw the front legs... 4, ..then the middle legs... 5, ...and finally the rear legs. ‘Add lines to the elytra. 6. Finish by adding shading, 6, if you have colored pencils, by coloring the beetle dark green with shiny highlights, except for the elytra, which are reddish brown. 28 Draw InsectsLacewing ><> Onder Neuropters (net-veined insects) Family Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings) ‘these common insects don't fy very wel but theyre reat at eating aphids, 50 theyre welcome in Ure garéen! They ly laggs at the end of tiny stk, usualy 0° foliage. They pupote in sen cocoons. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? two antennae? ‘wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1. Carefully draw the outline of the wing. 2, Add two main veins... 3. ...and then create the pattern of cells inside of them. 4, Now add a row of veins and cells at the top of the wing, and fill in the center section. 6. Draw one more row of cells ‘on the bottom. 7. Add the body and head with its long antennae. .. Draw the legs. Lightly shade a bit in the wings. Lovely lacewing! Draw Insects 29Ladybug Beetle ‘Order Coleoptera Family Ceccinelidae Labyiugs, also called Ladybird, are welzome inthe garden becouse they feed ‘on aphids. They ako eat scoe insects f ‘and mites which otherwise damage plants { STUDY the final drawing - before you start! Do you see * distinct body parts? ‘six legs? ‘antenna? swing? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1. Draw the fore wing and the shape that looks like the head, but is actually the pronotum, which covers the head. 2. Add the front, middle, and rear leg. 3. Make a line for the edge of the stem, and draw the other three legs 4. Add spots on the front wing and pronotum, Draw the antenna (one of two; the ‘other you can’t see), and the cast shadow. beak. Add shading and a 7 cast shadow. 5. And now (YESH) make the ladybug sucking the life out of an aphid. Guten appeti, ladybug! 30 Draw InsectsLeaf Insect ‘Order Phasmatodes Family Phyllidae (leaf insects) ‘ow insets nto plants 0 wel that ) thepont move dag the dy eve wing thorax ev yeu pick therm up They cam a0 cop \Fegitneesay then grow them back Ce nat tine they me the abity to tre plat suc coled pintomimess (hough you'd want now, STUDY the final drawing ( before you start! Do you see * three body parts? « six legs? '* two antennae? + wings (how many)? see? Does the insect look ‘© shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘* hard? soft? 1, Starting with a center line, draw the pear-shaped wings. Uf 2 Aad the thorax and head. 3. From the first segment of the thorax, draw two skinny front legs, then add the leaf shape to them. 4, Draw the middle legs connecting to the second thorax segment, and the rear legs sticking out from under the wings. Add the outline of the abdomen. vo wings et 5 Add lines and shading to cose together make it look like a leaf! Take reserble one ket your time, and look closely at the example for ideas. ‘Add camoutlage! Draw sticks and leaves, so that someone leoking at your drawing won't even knovw there’s an Insect there... Draw Insects 31Locust ‘Order Orthoptera Suborder Caelfera Certain grasshoppers are cae locust, ftom the Latin word for grasshopper. Only nine of §,000 species of te Suborder Casera make mass migrations, but wien they do, they eat al vegetaton inthe poth, There's the Old Testarient plague of locusts descending on Egy in fread thorax abdomen Imac times trains have been delayed uring locist migrations becouse the tracks were “sin” ror dead insects Grasshopper Glacier in Montana s fll of dood fcusts Inthe US in the 18705, 2 “ingle swarm was estimated to contain 124 bition insects. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? ings (how many)? + sin legs? 1. Start with two small circles and a longer, rectangular shape for the head, thorax, and abdomen. 2. Draw the two front legs stretched out either side. ‘Add details to the head, and antennae, 3, Add the second, short pair of legs pointing backwards, and the much longer rear legs. Draw short curved lines for the abdominal segments. 4, Carefully outline the wings. 5. Now add about a zillion little veins and cells. Take your time-it's worth it! Add. shading and texture to the body. 32 Draw InsectsLouse ‘Order Anoplura Family Pedicutidae This particular louse, the Hunan Body Louse sala called a “coote” or “gray back.” tives on human bodes, especialy those that arent woshed 100 Often or wear uncean clothing, and feeds fon human blood. Ic oues litle white 933, called rs, fo hal, usualy on the ‘Bact ofthe head. (Now you can igure fut where the frm “nitpicking” comes liom) STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? ‘two antennae? wings? ocyes? Does the insect look ‘shiny? smooth? fuzzy? + hard? soit? 1, Draw a small circle for the ‘head, a larger oval for the thorax, and a much larger oval for the abdomen. Carefully divide the abdomen into segments, and add the little bits at the tail end 3. Mark the thorax to show where three pairs of legs attach, and draw the rear legs... 4, vathen the middle legs... 5, ...and finally the front legs. ‘Add more details to the head. 6. Finally, add shading, little bristly hairs and a few little human hairs to hold on to. Cute cootie! Draw Insects 33Luna Moth Order Lepidoptera Family Saturiee giant sikworm mots) Tis beout ple green moth is only [Link] Neth Areca, ane Comideed endangered: Mary have been ‘ied by pesticides ond plutons STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? + two antennae? ‘= wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look « shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘shard? soft? 1, Draw a cocoon-shaped oval for the body, and add two feathery antennae. 2. Carefully (and lightly) draw one fore wing, 3. Carefully (and lightly) add the other fore wing. 4. Draw the hind wings, with their long tails. Go slowly; turn your paper if it helps you draw the curves. 5. Add wing veins, spots, shading and texture. (If you have colored pencils, shade ita light green color, The large costal vein is maroon.) 34 Draw InsectsMosquito You cam tll ths fs female mosquito Ieee thas ony @ few bars on the antennae (on rales they're more feathery), ond lacks the moe’ 0 “adetiono! beaks paips. Only the Temvales bite. Mosquitoes can comvey tiseases such as mari, general oniy in topical arecs. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? ‘six legs? ‘= two antennae? ‘e wings (how many)? = eyes? 1. First, make some high- pitched, whining noises to get in the mood... Now draw the head, thorax, and abdomen, 2. Add the middle leg... 3. wathe front leg... 4, ..and the hind legs, curving up into the air. 5. Draw the eye and antennae, and the beak, or proboscis, ready to do business. Add texture to the thorax, 6. Add the wing, covering part of the abdomen, and the lines for abdominal segments. Draw the other hind leg. 7. Add the other two legs, and shading, a bit of cast shadow and a few human hairs. Draw Insects 35Moth in flight (Order Lepidoptera Family Noctuidae (Noctuid moths) Mest moths are active at night contias 0 batteries, which fly ony ‘during the day. Al but a very few moths Suck nectar through their curved froboschs ane primitive group has jaws for eating poten. Unite buterizs, moths rest with ther wings lke root ver ther Badlies, fat over tii bodies, oF fat against a support. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? six legs? ‘*two antennae? * wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look « shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1, Draw a small circle for the head, a smaller circle for the eye, and a larger oval for the thorax. 2. Add long antennae, and the front leg. 3. Draw middle and rear leg. 4. Add the abdomen, and the hind wing, showing the vein patter in the wing. 5. Draw the fore wing and its ‘main veins. 6. Carefully add shading to make the pattern in the wings. Now add shading, details and texture to the body. Mahvellous moth! 36 Draw InsectsMod Dauber Order Hymenoptera Family Sphecidae Mud daubers are wasps that lay their 29g tubular cel made from mud. The fermale porayzes a spider with venom, “sis nto cell for food, lays an ea ‘top off, and seals of the cel wit ‘mud. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? ‘six legs? ‘* two antennae? ‘© wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look « shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Start by drawing the head, antennae, short neck, and thorax. 2. Add the tong, thin pedicel and the abdomen. 3. Draw the fore wing and hind wing. 4, Add the long rear leg. 5. Add two more legs. Darken the eye, leaving a white spot to make it look shiny. 6. Lightly draw the three leas ‘on the far side of the body, and add a litle bit of the other fore wing. Carefully draw veins in the wings, and add shading. Looks kind of like a spaceship... Drawinsects 37head overlaps thorax Potter Wasp Order Hymenoptera Femily Vespidae (vespld wasps) Female potter wasps buitd sma chambers a fck ike Hl jugs. Inside, they hang an egg from a sta. They then sting weevil iarvae to paralyze them, and drop them ito the camber for ther own lava (0 eat. These solitary \wosps are normally Black ana yell. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see ‘three body parts? + sic legs? ‘two antennae? ‘= wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look « shiny? smooth? fuzzy? + hard? soft? 1. Draw the round head overlapping the oval-shaped thorax. 2. Add the pedicel, then the ‘abdomen, a pointed oval. 3, Draw the slender wings. 4, Add jointed antennae and front leg. 5. Draw eyes and the other two legs, then add the wasp's clay “pot.” 6. Add shading, texture, veins in wings and! pattern on abdomen. Draw a few blades of grass.. ..and perhaps just the slightest glimpse of the weevil larva the wasp is dropping in to feed her own offspring (yum!). 38 Draw Insectsraying Mantis Order Mantodea Family Mantidae "he praying mantis wats in ambush, suddenly moving its Spiny fore legs to catch prey. With its strong mouthparts, it can cut through the heads of tough insects tke wasps Its tenble neck ‘means the mants can tun ts head to ‘ook at ou-a rather eerie teling! Mootises are cannibals; the fervale offen devours the mate while mating. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? * six legs? * two antennae? ‘wings? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1, Draw the long abdomen and wing. 2, Add the thorax at a slight angle, then eyes, head, and mouthparts. 3. Draw the segments of the front leg, raised and ready to snare prey. 4, Add antennae and the other front leg, 5. Draw the two rear legs. Look carefully at the way each bends. 6. Now add the other two rear legs. Add shading, texture, and details. And ask yourself, “What is that insect thinking when it looks at me like that?” Draw Insects 39Pyrgotid Fly ‘Ocder Diptera Famiy Pyigotidae This isnot your normal insect attack! The Pyrgote lis actully laying Rts eggs in the back of the ing May beetle. When the eggs hatch, the lave wil feed on the beetle, ling it as they grow Forge: Sounds ie @ science fiction fim. STUDY the final drawing ‘before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? * two antennae? wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look ‘shiny? smooth? (uzzy? hard? soft? 1. Draw the abdomen and hind ‘wings of the flying beetle. 2. Add six legs and the pattern ‘on the abdomen. 3. Draw the fore wings or elytra (which, on beetles, don’t move in flight). Leave space for the attacker. 4, Add the head, thorax, and abdomen of the attacker. 5. Draw the wings and antennae of the fly. 6, Add shading with a dull peneil, and go over lines with a sharp pencil, to finish your drawing. Attack in midair! 40 Draw InsectsScarab Beetle Order Coleoptera Family Searabaetcae This sone of avout 20,000 kines of scarab beetle! Sore hove fooulous metalic cofors; others dramatic hams. fl have dstincine, dubbed antenroe ipnclent Eoyptions put scabs in rac of {her artwork and ther sun god had & bate head, since they Delieved the sur twas pushed through the shy the same troy a dung beete ros bal of dung ‘along the ground. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see ® three body parts? + six legs? two antennae? ‘swings (how mary)? eyes? Which parts look «© shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘shard? soft? 1. Draw the head (with tong hom), thorax, and abdomen. 2. Add the protective fore wings (elytra). 3, Erase the thorax outline where the front wings ‘overlap it. Draw the hind wings (used for flying). 4, Carefully draw the veins in the wings, the front legs and hind legs, and the club- like antennae. 5, Add shading and details. ..cool beetle! Draw InsectsShieldbug’* ‘Otder Hemiptera (true bugs) Family Pentatomidae Ladybugs can dalterowely release a tle of ther own blond when attacked, in a process called rellec bleeding. Wen predators taste the extremely bitte, bight orange: yellow blood, they learn to ‘associate the bright colors of tne ladybug vith en undesirable meal. Aas, not this Shield big, which s mune to the toxins Inthe edyeug's bleed, and so [Link] cur litle ophidting bend to a Aesicated corpse STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? + two antennae? ‘swings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look «shiny? smooth? fuzzy? + hard? soft? 1. Lightly draw the center ine and sides of the bug, 2. Divide thorax and abdomen, and draw the scutellum. 3. Add front wings (hiding the hind wings). The thickened base is called the corium, the thinner end the membrane, 4, Draw head, eyes, and checkered sides of the abdomen. 5. Add legs, beak and antennae. 6. Finish your drawing with shading, texture, and (of course!) the victim. contorine 42 Draw InsectsSilverfish >< ‘Order Thysanure (common bristetals) Family Lepsmatidae The scaly covering ofthe svertish makes it aitcul fr ants and spiders to grab it. Teves in worm, dey or damp places such {as cosets, and car be a pest eats Storch stuf, including four, starch tn othirg, rei book bindings. It con survive witout food for months. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see + three body parts? + six legs? ‘= two antennae? wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look «© shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1. Start by lightly drawing the Jong, slightly curved, pointed oval of the body, and a much smaller oval for the head. 2. Draw the segments of the thorax and abdomen. 3 Add the distinctive, three- part bristly 4, Make three little legs on one side. 5, Add three legs on the other side. Draw antennae and the small mouth parts (maxillary palps). 6. Add texture and shading, and a slight cast shadow. Scintillating silverfsh! Drawinsects 43Springtail ~ Order Collembola Suborder Symphypleona Thy wiglessspringtals come in many vores. Same types of springal fie on ‘ce and sno! The furcua afows this type to jump several [Link] may ‘umber several milion per are, Scavenging and cleaning up. Usually they not considered pests STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see six legs? + two antennae? wings? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1, Draw the head with eye, and three thorax segments. 2, Add the jointed antenna and front leg. 3. Draw two more legs. 4, Add the abdomen and the farcula. 5. Draw segments of the abdomen. Add the other antenna and front leg. 6. Add shading and patterns. See if you can make the springtail look shiny by leaving small white spots on the top of the head, thorax, and abdomen. 44 Draw Insectsstink Bua ie; ‘Order Hemiptera (true bugs) Family Pentatomidoe ‘tink bugs relecsefoulsmeling fuk when disturbed. Some stink bugs et Caterplars nd larvae, while ots lve ‘off plant sap. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see ‘= three body parts? «six legs? «# two antennae? += wings (how many)? o eyes? ‘Does the insect look '® shiny? smooth? fuzzy? * hard? soft? bose of wing 1. Lightly draw a center fine, then the stinky head with its stinky little eyes, and the stinky thorax. 2. Add the triangular scutellum, ‘and one wing (the base of the wing is solid; the end is translucent). 3. Draw the other wing, antennae, and the first section of each leg. 4, Complete the legs. 5, Finish your drawing by adding shading, details, and texture. With a dull pencil, make a cast shadow. Draw Insects 45Termite (worker) (Order tsoptera Most tame species feet on woods, which they can cigest because of special ImieroorgarismsB their intestines. Termites con be very destructive to uddlings. Like ants, they have a highhy evolved society, with workers, solders, land @ eprodctive caste which has ‘wings. Some speces even have a special caste with nozzles Une heads for secreting a fui to build and repair nests With ths nozele, Chey can sproy repellent cat invades. Beware, ants! STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see *= three body parts? *# six legs? + two antennae? wings? sees? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? * hard? soft? 1. Draw the abdomen, thorax, and head. 2. Divide the thorax into three sections. 3. Carefully draw a pair of legs attached to each section. 4, Divide the abdomen into ten sections. S. Draw antennae, mandibles and other details of the head. Add light shading and little hairs. a mendes (rsh parts) 46 Draw Insectsi Tiger Beetle Order Coleoptera Family Cidlelidae Tiger beetles are usualy shiny metalic <[Link]'l find them fo bright sunlight In sandy oreos. They nan fost. and th fast and ar ferocious predators with ther sivarp mandibles (jaws). Theyre hard 0 atch, which is just as wk Some of them have ¢ painful bite STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see ‘three body parts? ‘six legs? + two antennae? swings? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Start with two half circles for the eyes, tilting away from each other. 2. Add the outline of the head. Look carefully at the shape before you draw. 3. Darken the eyes, leaving a light spot in each. Draw the rounded shape of the thorax. Add the long, segmented antennae. 4, Draw the sickle-like mouth parts, and the front two legs ‘on each side. 5. Add the elytra (fore wings) and the rear legs. 6. Finish your drawing with shading, patterns, and little bristly hairs. Looks like sornething out of a science fiction moviel Draw Insects 47Tree Hopper te ‘Order Homoptera Family Membracidae Treehoppers have an extended pronotum (upper tron section of thorax) that ‘makes them look like a thorn. This, ‘protects them from predatars Treehoppers ea sap trom plants. This specks i bright green with red stipes. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? * six legs? * two antennae? ‘swings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? * hard? soft? 1. Draw a horizontal line for the plant stem, Draw three segmented legs and the long wing, 2. Add the head and shiny eye. 3. Draw a long, curving line for the front of the pronotum (top front of thorax). 4. Add the rear curve of the Pronotum, and lines which are part ofits camoufiage. 5. Add shading and texture, including veins in the wings. Draw a real thorn to give the trechopper something to blend in with, so it won't become a snack for some Passing bird. 48 Draw InsectsWalkingstick (Order Phasmatodee Family Phasmidee eikingstichs stay sill during the doy, doing what they do best: looking ke 0 ‘ig 50 they won’ ge eoten. They're s0 geod ot imieting twrgs that they won't Zetend themselves or try to feet handled. They can regenerate fost legs. ‘They feed on foliage. Ferates drop single gh te the ground, were they hats the sering STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body ports? « six legs? ‘*two antennae? + wings (now many)? eyes? Does the insect look © shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Draw a little tilted pencil 2. Add a long, slender leg... 3, ...and another... 4, ...and a couple more... 5. ...anda couple more. Draw a twig undemeath. 66. Draw antennae and ‘abdominal segments. 7, Add a little shading, and voila! Draw more twigs. See if you can make your walkingstick completely camouflaged! Draw insects 49Wart Biter, Order Onthoptera Family Tetigoniidae This European species may bite i you pick ‘up, ot the same time vomiting brown stomach juices (coo tek). Named in ‘Sweden 200 years ago, it was bekeved that the bite-andnce comb removed warts fram skin. Azparenty ts folk rerredy wos stil beng used as recenty as the foe 1940s...ith success. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? * six legs? * two antennae? ‘swings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look ‘shiny? smooth? fuzzy? * hard? soft? 1, Start with a tilted oval for the head, with a circle inside it for the eye. Add the irregular shape of the prothorax (the first thoracic segment). 2. Add the front leg... then the middle leg... 4, ...and finally the large rear leg, partly overlapped by the middle leg. 5. Starting from the bottom or the top, draw the body parts and wings. 6. To finish, add shading, texture, and pattern: “Take me to your wart!” 50 Draw Insects 4Water Strider ‘Order Hemiptera (true bugs) Family Gertidae Water stiders ran around on the surface ‘of salt and fresh water, feeing on what falls into the water or oats to te surface, Some varetes hove wings ant some don. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see ‘three body parts? + six legs? * two antennae? wings? eyes? Does the insect look « shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1. Draw the body and wings at a slight angle. Add eyes. 2. Draw antennae. 3. Add the Z-shaped front legs. 4, Draw the much longer middle legs, extending far forward. Remember there are at least three segments in each. 5, Draw the back legs. 6. Add shading and details (don’t forget the veins in the wings! and add little oval ripples and a bit of reflection What would it be lke if you could walk on water? Draw Insects 51re Yellow Jacket ‘Order Hymenoptera Family Vespisee Yellow jackets ore wasps thot te underground, cory off fod from picnics, ‘and con sting repeatedly f you “bug” them at afl If you can find ther nes, yOu can put a dear Bow! over the opening fad leave It ther; they become confused, don't figure how to excape and starve (0 ‘death This sounds realy crue, unless you've been stang by 0 yellow jacket, or Ibo, oF thee...F 67 one several times in OPH. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Do you see * three body parts? «six legs? ‘= two antennae? wings (how many)? eyes? Does the insect look ‘ shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Draw a vertical oval for the head, with a pointed end facing down. Add two antennae. 2. Add thorox and abdomen. 3. Draw the wing and rear leg. 4, Add the middie and front legs. Include all the small segments! 5, Carefully sketch the pattern ‘on the abdomen, and the lines of the eye and face. 6. Shade the patterned abdomen, fuzzy thorax and hnead. Shade the eye, leaving a light highlight to make it look shiny. Now tell this thing to get ‘away from me! 52 Draw InsectsOP Insect Relatives And vow, a brief and learned discourse on creepy-crawlies: ‘As you'll recall from an earlier Brief and Learned Discourse, the primary distinguishing characteristic of members of the class Insecta in the phylum Arthropoda is the presence of six legs. In other words, insects have 6 legs! 6 legs!! 6 leg: So, if a creepy-crawly does not have 6 legs, what isi In the phylum Arthropoda, along with the class Insecta, you'll find a class Arachnida (arachnid: think spider), which includes eight-legged spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy-long-legs (to name just a few) Think of a school as a phylum. Inside the school there are classrooms, of ‘lasses. All the children with eight legs go to this class, all the children with six legs go to this (very big) class, and so on. And the dificult children with too many legs to count (especially because they never sit still!) go to another class called Mytiapoda. Obviously, | can’t tell you everything there is to know about scientific classification. Just remember this: they're all relatives. ‘Any one of them might show up at your birthday party, OK, class dismissed! You may now draw... Draw Insects 53Wolf Spider es) Orser avaneae Family Lycosiae (wol spiders) js (Cnaicerae) Woi solders wu Bve on the grourd, citer in @ burro, under a rock or Sometimes with ro home ot al. Females make ¢ round egg sack which she drogs ‘round with hor until the spidertogs hatch. Wo spiders hunt ot niin. Ther ‘mottled colors make them ford to see ‘nomi dead leaves and stones STUDY the final drawing before you start! Checklist: Do you see: ‘two body parts? eight legs? wo pedivalps? = eyes? Does it look shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘shard? soft? 1. Draw a curve for the top of the head. Draw two big eyes, and six smaller eyes. 2. Add the jaws (chelicerae) and pedipaips. 3. To the sides of the body, draw three segments of the front legs. 4. Complete these legs. 5, Add the second set of legs, partly invisible where the front legs overlap them. 6. Draw two more pairs of legs, and the rounded abdomen. 7. Finish your drawing by carefully adding shading, texture, and a cast shadow, 54 Draw InsectsSH Black Widow Spider Order Araneae Family Thericidae (comb footed spides) This Fred spider with the red hourglass Shape an ts abaomen usualy tres t le rather than attack. Males don't bite. Femoles often eat males otter matin, hich is why theyre caled “widows.” STUDY the final drawing before you start! Checklist: Do you see: * two body parts? + eight legs? Does it look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Draw the pointed oval of the abdomen with its distinctive hourglass design, then add the small, flat oval of the cephalothorax, 2. Draw one leg. 3. ..and another... and another... and another. 6. Now add the visible portions of the other four legs, 7. Finish your drawing by shading the spider black. ‘Add a few lines to suggest a web, and a dead grasshopper (or other insect of your choice) for the black widow's meal. Oraw Insects 95Scorpion Orde Seorpionido Scorplons subdye or Kl large insects, ‘piers, ond sometimes Beards with @ ‘oisoncus stinger. Most don’ altock ‘people, bu their sting can produce ppaintl welling. Long ago, scorpion Sings were feared os much as 0 on's fate Scorpions hunt at right, under a sty ‘hat has 2 constellation named for ther. | drawing before you start! Checklist: Do you see: * two body parts? + eight legs? + two pecipalps? + eyes? Does it look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? * hard? soft? 1. Start by making the main body shapes. 2. Add lines on the abdomen, and carefully draw the sections of the tail, with the stinger at the end. 3. Draw a clawed pedipalp. 4. ...and another. 5. Now add four walking legs, first on one side... then on the other. 7. Add shading and bristly hairs to complete your drawing. 56 Draw InsectsWhipscorpion Order Usopyai Whipscomions have along tai instead of ‘stinger They use afr spraying liquid that atacks the vci’s Body covering They hunt at right. Like scorpions, they catty thet young on their back unt he young hove shed thk fst skin and can get around on their ov. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Checklist: Do you see: © two body parts? ‘eight legs? * two pedipalps? eyes? Does it look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? * hard? soft? 1. Looking carefully at the shapes. draw the cephatothorax and segmented abdomen. 2. Add eyes, clawed pedipalps, and the long, whiplice tail. Draw the first pair of legs... the second... eothe third ..and the fourth. ‘Add shading and patterns to complete your dr Use a sharp pencil to make lines look crisper. nowy Draw Insects 57Vaddy-long-legs 4 ‘Order Opiliones Family Pholangidae (Daddy-1ono-tegs) Daaddy-ongelegs feed on small insects ‘and decaying cxganic matter Thei legs break of easy and don't grow back (en a number of them gainer together, standing with their legs interlaced. A ‘more scenic nare fr them is Dhalangids. The popular name for ther !n Germany is “alors.” STUDY the final drawing before you start! Checklist: Do you see: * two body parts? + eight legs? ‘* two pedipalps? eyes? Does it look '* shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1. Draw a flat oval to make the body, with tiny mouth parts pointing downward. 2. Add along, wispy leg... 3. ...and another... 4, ..and another... 5. ..and another... 6 --and...hey, wait a minutel We lost count! 7. Count your legs. No, count the legs in your drawing. When you have eight, you're done. That's all there isto itt Unless, of course, you want to raw a gathering of daddy- Jong-legs, with their legs all interlaced...why not? 58 Draw InsectsAut-mimic Spider Order Araneae Family Chibioncla (sae spiders) These spiders look surprisingly ke arts, and fve near ont bis. Ther appearance probably confuses predators. They feed fn sma insects. They are orange, brown, for black. and may have stipes oF patterns. Tey sain tubvior resting places Inside a vole leo, o ie under bark or a stone STUDY the final drawing before you start! ‘Checklist: Do you see: '* two body parts? + elght legs? + two pedipalps? eyes? Does it look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Draw the cephalothorax and ‘abdomen. Notice how the abdomen is shaped so it looks like both the thorax. and abdomen of an ant. 2. Draw the end of the closest leg... 3. ...then connect it to the body. Draw the rear leg. 4, Add another leg... 5. sand another... 6. ...and then all four legs on the other side of the spider. 7. Finish by shading, leaving parts of the body light to make it look shiny. Add a little shadow and a few spots to suggest dirt or ‘ sand. Nice ant...uh, spider! Draw Insects 59Tick 7” (Order Acarina Fry odie Tes eden the Bea ef marmal, Inelngo any tines ther sc ostney Meg eytne dep atolyrhedes fi teh, ord WA br arther Bost They Srclr ronson resin wa punted rte Wh bth oh teeth. This is so strong that if you try to “simply pla tek off, you'l probably break ofthe heod, which staysin the skin. STUDY the final drawing before you start! Checklist: Do you see: ** two body parts? + eight legs? + two pedipalps? eyes? / Does it look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? hard? soft? 1. Start with a pairshaped body, and little head and mouth parts 2. Add a pair of segmented legs to help it hold on while it sinks its head into skin... 3. ...and another two pairs... 4. ...and yet another pair (you know it’s not an insect now, since it has too many legs). 5. Finish your drawing by adding shading and texture. Or try drawing your tick as it looks after feeding on blood for a while...it will get bigger still before dropping to the ground. Yuck! 60 Draw InsectsMite * Order Acaina Family Teombididae Tere ore perhaps 20,000 species of nites workwide Mos re ty, and they hve ovr of shapes. Some are benelca feeding on aphid eags; others feed on plants ard weaken inom. Veet Imites ore big red. Ther posi wo dacs sects, spiders, doddlonylegs, and scopions STUDY the final drawing before you start! Checklist: Do you see: ‘wo body parts? + eight legs? + two pedipolps? = eyes? Does it look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? + hard? soft? 1. Begin by drawing a small Circe sitting on top of a much larger oval. 2. Add circular bulges either side of the little circle, triangles for the head, feelers and mouth parts. 3. Draw the first pair of segmented legs, up and out from the head. 4, Add the second pair, pointing more to the side. S. Draw two more pairs. 6. Add shading and texture. Ideal Create a cartoon choracter called Mighty Mite! Draw Insects 61Centipede Order Scolopend-omaxpha Centipedes nan quickly with ener 21 or 23 pairs oi egs. They usually fe under Stones, The longest centipedes, fke this ‘one, lve in tropical and subtropical oreas They are dangerous; thei bite is very ain STUDY the final drawing before you start! ‘Checklist: Do you see: * 22body parts? +42 legs? + two pedipalps (feelers)? eves? Does it look * shiny? smooth? furzy? * hard? soft? 1. Draw a long, curved worm. 2, Make a small oval area for the head, and draw its little segmented feelers. Then add 20 short, curving lines to make the body segments. 3, Draw the segmented antennae, and the last two legs sticking out the back end of the centipede. Then draw the first pair of legs, and the second... and on and on, until you have 21 pairs of legs! Add shading, leaving light areas along the top to make the body look shiny. Sensational centipetel Do you think it would make a good pet? 62 Draw InsectsMillipede Clas Mytiapoda (ar breathing ‘arthropods ilipedes hove been around ora very Tong tine. This Giant Jul fom Abica is part ofa family that exists cimost unchanged in Arica ond South America, Strong eidence thatthe two continents were once joined. Milipedes fe i moist ‘eas, and feed mostly on rotting ‘vegetotion, Theie hard exosteleton protects them, but most abo have chemical defenses, STUDY the final drawing before you start! Checklist: Do you see: * about a million body parts? ‘about two million legs? + two pedipaips? eyes? Does it look * shiny? smooth? fuzzy? ‘hard? soft? 1. Draw a fat, slightly curved worm. 2. Add little feelers, then draw small curved lines for the body segments. Draw them carefully, to make the body look round... 3. ...and then add a ton more! 4, Now add little creepy- crawiy legs, first a few... 5. ..and then a ton more! Finish your slithering lite friend with shading, leaving the middle part of the body light to make it look round, Magnificent milipede! Draw Insects 63